Umbrella.



. .Ta-qll' whom'it may concern):`

Be 't known that I, `EDWARD W. CRANE, a' citizen of. the United States of America-and.' Var'e's'id'ent 'of Dalton, in 'the county of- .shire 1and State of'Massachus'etts, lhave in- ,vented certain .new and useful "Im rovef HALF froRUssELL L. PARKS PATENTS EDWAnD W. CRANE, or"DALToiaVMASSACHSETTS, Ass'fIeNoR .oFoN-E Berkments in Umbrellas," of which the fohowing is" a full,v clear, andexact description..

' fspectiv'e view .somewhat simi -zo'g 'V Thisginvention vrelates to Vimprovements in umbrellas, represented in' the 'accompanyf igure 1 luis .a side elevation, with arts ame 1n which this-invention is embodied. Fig. v2 is a Fig.' 3 of fone' 4including' novel featuresiofwconstruction.; -Fi 4f is a' perar :to Fig .l 3,

1s ak erspective view ofan end portion but showing i' v'pletedstage of production. Fig'. 5 'is acrossythe umbrella-stick and. a

l plan v ieWof .thesleeve' or runner and of in 2.5- l y -throughithe sleeve or runner showing one-of 1 ne'rl end portions 'fthe several distendig? ribs. Fig-..6 iS

a longitudinal sectional View4 the peculiarlyconstructed dlstending-ribs in I vcorresponding partsin all "ofthe views.

linthev 'ointing or pivotal tween t e ycover-supporting ribs and the/col-l b etwenth'ev distending-ribs and the enga ement therewith, other of the ribs be- 7 is a cross-sec- -ne7 7, Fig.`5. y -Smiilar'characters of reference indicate The object of this invention is 'toi-improve' the .construction of 'an" umbrella',- especially engagement belar and sleeve or runner. In ,thefdrawinga A .represents the um-y brellafstick;'B, 4the collar alixed thereto; C, they sleeve or runnerto slide thereon; D, the cover-supporting ribs, land E the distending` ribs the organization oft-he several-parts -being such as to'permit .the usual opening 'and closing o f an umbrella.-

The sleeve and collar areboth similarly constructed with van in- Wardly-'openin annular channel a, having aseries of radia slots b formed through the circular Wall 1,0 of said channel and-through one of the .Walls 12 `whichis an ular thereto.

The ribs D and El are res ectlvely. at vtheir upper and lower ends provided with spherical heads While the ribs adjacent thereto are attenedand thinner thanI the diameter of" .4. LSpejcication of Letters Patent. l Tippmann nea-my s, 1,905.- sermraazza 1n* addition to said straight Shanks f2, with'iimer-end enlargements f3, vsaid stud 'stick andhaving lthrou h the slot.

att eir extremities-. NT-he spherical f 'are comprised 4as' v I eads, thef'attenuated Shanks f? andin shouldered engagement, as

represented at i, with the preserve their" light'yet' strong.

being composed of light-gagesheet; metal.

ee for their swinging movementsrelative 4to vthe collar and ',sleeve through said l radial.-

slots b..

. Patentd'mareh 2o, 1906.5

hehetdsy Thanks', -ascler'1yshwnim1e drawings, are made of thin metal bent ,into shape and have the `tapered .e'dges 14 arts', of Studs having,l

The cover-ribsV Dand the distendin -ribs v E have'respectively attheirupper and' ower Aends engagements .by theirspherical heads in the aforesaid annular channelsr a inf the .collar `and intherunner-sleeve, While the' necked 4iportions' ofthe ribs adjacent said heads are.

' The ormationof .the ribs with theirisphere "ical -heads'o'r both ends in the manner del scribed is l entirely satisfactory, cheap, and rapidand in an umbre la of the ractical,

character substantially as described, by the avoidance of lindividual pivots'l between' f the rib ends and the collar and sleeve or the avoidance of' loint-co'nstituting wiresv at said laces, an um rella of greater increased durahility and excellence', is4 produced. v

. Having thus vdescribed'my invention', .what I I claim, and desire' to secure by Letters Pat` mais- 1. .In an umbrella, the combination With'a stick, of a .collar encircling and securedto the at its inner portion a recess o ening to the surface of such inner wall wllchadjoinsthe stick, and havingv a radial slot intersecting said recess, and a c over-s up porting rib havin a headl located in saidl internal recess an having its portion adj acent said head-free 2. stick, of'a sleeve encircling and slidable along the lstick and having at itsinner portion are-` for swinging movementsn an umbrella,'.t'he combination with a .roo

i stick, and a sl .and cover-distending .cated in said internal cess opening to the surface of such inner wall which adjoins the stick, and having a radial slot intersecting said recess, and a'coVer-distending rib having a head located in said internal recess and having its portion adjacent said head free for swinging movements the slot.

an umbrella, the combination with a stick, of a collar encircling and secured to the stick, and a sleeve encircling and slidable along the stick, and said collar and sleeve each having at its inner portion a recess opening to the surface of such inner Wall which adjoins the'stick, and having a radial slot intersecting said recess, and cover-supporting ribs having heads lorecesses of the collar and the sleeve, and having their portions adjacent their heads ree for swinging movements through said slots.

4. In an umbrella the combination with a stick, of .a collar encircling and secured to the eeve encircling and sliding along the stick, land said collar and sleeve each being provided with an annular groove f .or channel withjn'its mn'er wall which adjoins thel stick, and formed with a series of v channel, and having radial slots therethrough Whichintersect the groove, a series of'cover-suplporting'ribs and a .series of distending-ribs aving heads located in the internal annular channels of the collarand sleeve, and having portionsthereof adjacent-such heads ee for Swingin movements through said slots, the ribs of the one series being pivotally connected to those .of the .other series. l Y

5. In an umbrella, the combination with the stick, the collar affixed thereto and the sleeve slidablel thereon said,l sleeve and collar each having an inwardly-opening annular aseries of radial slots formed through the circular wall of said channel and through one of the walls which is angular thereto, of the cover-supporting ribs, and the distending-ribs pivoted to the intermediate portions of said cover-ribs, and said ribs having, respectively at their upper and lower ends, heads which engage in said channels, While the necked'portions of the ribs adjacent said heads are free for their swinging movements, relatively to the collar and sleeve, through said radial slots.

6. In an umbrella the combination with the Istick, the collar affixed thereto and the sleeve slid able thereon, said sleeve and collar each having an inwardly-opening annular channel, and having a series of radial slots formed through the circular wall of said channel and through one of the walls which is angular thereto, of the cover-ribs, and the distending-ribs formed of thin metal crosssectionally of U shape and rovided, respectively at their upper and ower ends l"with studs. having enlarged outer-end spherical heads, and also smaller innerend enlar 'ements, said studs and enlargements being disposed within the end portions ofthe channel-shaped ribs, which portions are contracted and flattened about the stud-Shanks and in shouldered relations to the said inner enlargements, the said spherical heads engaging in said channels while-the contracted' portions of the ribs adjacent said heads have extensions through, and free movements Within, said radial slots.

Signed by me at-Springeld, Massachusetts, i-n presence of two subscribing witnesses.

. EDWARD W. CRANE. Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows@ G. R. DRIscoLL, 

